# Combatants Memorial Group in Scotland

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC049461
- **Known as:** Grupa Pamieci Kombatantow (Polish)
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Registered:** July 19, 2019
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC049461


## Contact

- **Address:** 9 Kelvinside Terrace West, Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland
- **Postcode:** G20 6DA
- **Website:** www.polishcombatantsmemorial.org.uk



## Activities

**Activities:** &#x27;It carries out activities or services itself&#x27;

**Purposes:** &#x27;the advancement of education&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science&#x27;

**What the charity does:** Ans. Our group is dedicated to honouring the memory of Polish heroes who fought for the democratic freedom of Poland and the rest of Europe. We attend many events during the year commemorating Polish Navy Day,attending Clydebank Blitz memorial in March.Battle of Britain commemoration on September. Other events remember Polish pilots who died whilst assisting during bombing in Renfrew,Armed forces day in Douglas,lanarkshire. Remembrance sunday in November. We have several projects from translating memoirs of Polish naval hero into English and printing an account of the actions of Polish destroyer ORP Piorun during the Clydebank Blitz. The Polish Consul is in the process of replacing monument to armed forces buried at Dalbeth cemetery in Glasgow

**Beneficiaries:** &#x27;Children or young people&#x27;,&#x27;No specific group, or for the benefit of the community&#x27;

**Objectives:** The organisations purposes are the advancement of education and awareness of heritage: 4.1 by commemorating the sacrifice of all those who served the cause of Polish and European freedom, primarily during the Second World War, and who lived out their lives in exile in Scotland. 4.2  by creating a ?living memorial? for those heroes by way of attendance at appropriate public events, by the restoration or establishment of monuments and memorials and, through the pages of the Group?s website, by providing a record of names and gravesites (with photographs and birth/death data where possible) to complement Robert Ostrycharz? excellent work on Polish war graves. 4.3 by providing financial and practical support to those who wish to research the history of these heroes and the contribution they made to their new home in Scotland.  4.4  by cooperating with the armed forces and subsidiary and related organisations of the western allies at home and abroad in research, education and acts of remembrance. 4.5  by working with schools and other educational bodies to produce teaching guides and learning experiences to help today?s citizens of Scotland, from whatever ethnic, cultural or religious background, to understand the horrors and sacrifices of war and work for a more peaceful world.





## Geography

- **Main operating location:** Glasgow City
- **Geographical spread:** Operations cover all or most of Scotland







